How Spanish music conservatories managed pedagogy during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Spanish music conservatories had to close their buildings with the aim of containing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers at these conservatories took steps to continue teaching remotely using technological resources. The objective of this research is to analyse how teachers of Spanish conservatories adapted the teaching and learning processes during the closure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and review the potential to change the future of music education. This study has been carried out through interviews with 36 active teachers of conservatories from all the regions of Spain. The findings show the difficult teaching during lockdown, the complexity of virtualizing subjects of instrumental practice that this has been carried out in part, with teacher resources, and that the digital competence of teachers generates diverse comments. There is little conviction that changes made during confinement change traditional aspects of the way they teach. They are strong advocates of face-to-face teaching.